What Does Ezekiel 13:23 Mean?

properly, set upright; hence (figuratively as adjective) just; but usually (as adverb or conjunction) rightly or so (in various applications to manner

“no more vanity”

evil (as destructive), literally (ruin) or morally (especially guile); figuratively idolatry (as false, subjective), uselessness (as deceptive, object

not (the simple or abs. negation); by implication, no; often used with other particles

“Therefore ye shall see”

to gaze at; mentally to perceive, contemplate (with pleasure); specifically, to have a vision of

“divinations”

a lot; also divination (including its fee), oracle

not (the simple or abs. negation); by implication, no; often used with other particles

“nor divine”

properly, to distribute, i.e., determine by lot or magical scroll; by implication, to divine

properly, iteration or continuance; used only adverbially (with or without preposition), again, repeatedly, still, more

“for I will deliver”

to snatch away, whether in a good or a bad sense

properly, self (but generally used to point out more definitely the object of a verb or preposition, even or namely)

“my people”

a people (as a congregated unit); specifically, a tribe (as those of israel); hence (collectively) troops or attendants; figuratively, a flock

“out of your hand”

a hand (the open one [indicating power, means, direction, etc.], in distinction from h3709, the closed one); used (as noun, adverb, etc.) in a great v

“and ye shall know”

to know (properly, to ascertain by seeing); used in a great variety of senses, figuratively, literally, euphemistically and inferentially (including o

(by implication) very widely used as a relative conjunction or adverb (as below); often largely modified by other particles annexed

i

“that I am the LORD”

(the) self-existent or eternal; jeho-vah, jewish national name of god